The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-01

forgives, but outraged physical law never
never, nevor. That has Sinai, but no Cal
vary, Solomon in my text knew what he
was talking about He had in early life
been proiligate, and no rises up on his
throne OF worldly splendor to shrek out a
warning to all the centuries. David, bad In
early life, but good in later life, cries out
with an agony OF earnestneSs: "Remember
not the sins Of my YOUTH
Stephen A. Doug'as gave the name of
squatter sovereignty to those who went out
West and took possession of lands and held
them by right Of preoccupation. Let a
flock of sins settle ON your heart before you
get to 25 years of age, and they will in all
probability keep possession of it by an in
formal squatter sovereignty. ~ prom
ise to pay az the bank $500 six months
from date" says tho promissory note. II
promise to pay my life thirty years from
date at the hank OF the grave" says every
infraction Of the lawI Of your physical
being.
What Will a mans body never COM
pletely recover from an early dissipation In
this world! Never How about the world
to come. Perhaps God will fix it up in the
resurrection body 50 that it will not have to
20 limping through all eternity, but get the
liver thoroughly damaged and it will stay
damaged. Physicians call it cancer OF the
liver, or hardening OF the liver, or cirrhosis
of the liver, or Inflammation Of the liver, or
fatty degeneration of the liver but Solomon
puts a II these pangs into one figure and says:
It'll the dart strike through his liver"
That young man smoking cigarettes and
smoking cigars has no idea that he is getting
for himself smoked liver That young man
has no idea that he has by early dissipation
so depleted his energies that he will go into
the battle only half armed. Napoleon lost
Waterloo days before it was fought Had he
attacked the English army before it was re-
enforced, and taken it division by division,
he might have won the day, but he waited
until he had only 100000 men against 2O), 0Oo
And here is young man who, II he put all
his forces against the regiment OF youthful
temptations in the strength of God he might
drive them back, but he is allowing them to
be reinforced by the whole army oil midife
temptations, and when all these combined
forces are massed against him and no Grouchy
comes to help him, and Bluncher has come to
help his foes, what but immortal defeat can
await him!
Some years ago a scientific lecturer went
through the country exhibiting on great
canvas different parts of the human body
when healthy and different parts when dis
eased. And what the world wants now is
some eloquent scientist to go through the
country showing to our young people on
blazing canvas the drunkards liver, the
b!ers liver. Perhaps the spectacle might
stop some young man before he comes to the
same catastrophe, and the dart strike through
his own liver
My hearer, this is the first sermon you have
heard on the gospel of health and it may be
the last you will ever hear on that subject; and
l charge you, in the name Of God and Christ,
and usefulness and eternal destiny, take bet
ter care of your health. When some of you
die, if your friends put on your tombstone
truthful epitaph, it will read: Here lies the
victim of late supLerS,n or it will be: BE
hold what chicken salad at midnight will do
for man." or it will be: ''Ten cigars a
day closed my earthly existence" or it
will be: Sat down in cold draught
and this is tho result" or it will
be: 81 died of thin shoes last winter" or it
will be- "Went out without an overcoat and
took this last chilli" or it will be: Thought
could do at 70 what l did at 20. and am
here;' or it will be: "Here is the conse-
quence of sitting a half day with wet feet"
or it will be: "This is where have stacked
my harvest of wild oats" or instead of
words the stone cutter will chisel for an
epitaph on the tombstone two figures, name
ly, dart and a liver.
There is a kind of sickness that is beautiful
when it comes from overwork for God, or
ones country, or ones own family. l have
seen wounds that were glorious After the
battle Of Antietam, in the hospital soldier
in reply to my question: "Where are you
hurtN uncovered his bosom and showed me a
cash that looked like badge of eternal no
bility l have seen an empty sleeve that was
more beautiful than the most muscular fore
arm. have seen a green shade over the eye
sEot out in battle that was more beautiful
than any two eyes that had passed without
injury. | have seen an old missionary worn
out with the malaria of African jungles who
looked to me more radiant than rubicund
gymnast. | have seen mother after six
weeks watching over a family of children
down with scarlet fever with a glory round
her pale and wan face that surpassed the an
gelic. 1t all depends on how you got your
sickness and in what battle your wounds.
My Lord and my God! If we must get sick
and worn out let it be in thy service, and in
the effort to make the world good and happy
Not in the service of sin. No! No
One OF the most pathethic scenes that
| ever witnessed, and l often see it, is
that of men or women converted in the
fifties or sixties or seventies wanting to be
useful, but they so served the world and
Satan in the earlier part of their life that
they have no physical energy left for the SER
vice of God. They sacrificed nerves, muscles,
lungs, heart and liver on the wrong altar
They fought on the wrong side, and now
when their sword is all hacked up and
Gneir auluun!Uion all gone, Uney enllSl
for Emmanuel. When their high met
tied cavalry horse, which they spurred
into many cavalry charge with
champing bit and flaming eye and neck
clothed with thunder, is worn out, and spav-
ined, and ring -bonel, and, springhalt, he ride:
up to the Captain of our salvation on
the white horse and offers his services Wher
such persous might have been, through tn,
good habits of lifetime, crashing the battl,
ak through helmetel iniquites, they ar,
spending their days and nights in discussing
the best way of breaking up their indi
gestion, and quoting their jangling nerves
and rousing their laggard Appetite and try
ing to extract the dart from their outrage
liver. Better converted late than never
Oh, yes; for they will get to Heaven. Blu
they will 60 afoot, when they might hav
wheeled up the steep hills of the sky il
Elijahs chariot. There is an old hymn tina
we used to sing in the country meeting
house when | was boy, and l remembe
how the old folks voices trembled with emo
tion while they sang it. l have forgotten al
but two lines, but those lines are the perora
ton of my sermon:
Twill save us from thousand snares
To mind religion yonn9.